The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 10th October 2005 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 10th October 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Work of masters auctioned offEDUCATIONAAcross 10: Deck or dockORLOPAAcross 11: A palindrome immortalisedDEIFIEDAAcross 12: Delight in storytelling right from the startELATIONAAcross 13: She takes a long time to grasp the pointAGNESAAcross 14: He called to give the newsTOWN CRIERAAcross 16: Growing children's playground centreTHEMULBERRYBUSHAAcross 19: Anti-royalist has a bit of a fight getting capitalROUNDHEADAAcross 21: Food for Dad's Army?PASTAAAcross 22: She robbed her sleeping partner of his capital assetsDELILAHAAcross 23: Evens the scores by bribery?SQUARESAAcross 24: About due for a dockyard jobREFITAAcross 25: Sort of sketch one won't want to go under the hammerTHUMBNAILDDown 1: Service chief?HEADWAITERDDown 2: Public house?AUDIENCEDDown 3: Fish around in the reservoirsBASINSDDown 4: Friendly typeKINDDDown 5: It can be hell for criminalsUNDERWORLDDDown 6: Cast my anchor in Norway, sayMONARCHYDDown 7: Highly trained Italian soldiers?ALPINIDDown 8: Odds on batting sideSPINDDown 14: Set meal and free bed at hotelTABLE D'HOTEDDown 15: Trials from which the public are excludedREHEARSALSDDown 17: Rise and fall of one of the French, recently deceasedUNDULATEDDown 18: At university, eccentric master is against the current trendUPSTREAMDDown 20: Improve one's bust line?UPLIFTDDown 21: Sounds fruity?PLUMBSDDown 22: Top deck on old ship lacking lightsDARKDDown 23: Large bird rearing smaller onesSKUA